So my last dinner was at a local Chinese spot next to the movie house. Nothing fancy, no great expectations. I enjoy their food as its simple and you know what to expect. I was accompanied by some work associates for the evening after a late night in the ‘office’.
Te beer was nice and cold! The moment I arrive at any restaurant and the beer is warm I am automatically in a bad mood for the rest of the night. So alls well that starts well.
Starters consisted of some shrimp chips, spring onion pancakes and chicken spring rolls. Basic run of the mill every restaurant Chinese starters. No complaints, all well prepared and rather quite tasty. I must say I rather enjoyed the spring onion pancakes dipped in a sweet and sour sauce. The comment from the table was ‘a take away portion of them would be great with a curry’.
Main course followed in a relaxed 2 part process. Schezuan Chili Chicken with noodles and Crispy Pork in Peking sauce with pan cakes and flied lice. It was excellent. All of it. The pancakes were for me the highlight. I love those lil things to no end and could have a stack of them with any oriental meal. The chicken was brilliant, a nice kick you in the back of the throat spicy! I feel t least one stage of any Chinese dinner should be HOT, you gotta clear the palette a bit and get the nasal passages working.
The second part of the mains followed a sort while later, as requested. My favorite, Shanghai Steak, nice and crispy-steaming from the plate as it should be. It did not disappoint.
Overall I was rather pleased with the dinner. Sadly the place was quiet, and apart from one other table that left shortly after we arrived we were their only sit down table. However there take aways seem to be doing well. If you took all the patrons that came for a quick fix and put them all at tables, the place would have been full. Thankfully this did not happen as there was only one waitron on duty.
Now let’s get one ting clear right from the start. I have eaten in some pretty good Chinese places and this is not on par with them. However in the area I live in this place is by far the best. The atmosphere is quaint and the ching chong a long music is cool. The food is cooked by a Bruce Lee look alike and has flavor, but is not quiet the real deal you are looking for. But it does the job and I really like the place.
So Bow Tie next to the movie house for the best Chinese food in town. Agree?
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